Category: Lifestyle

Valentine’s Date Night Ideas

For this blog post, I’ve teamed up with, Sheena Steward, creator of relationship blog, Love At Any Stage. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Sheena is sharing Valentine’s date night ideas for absolutely everyone whether you’re spending Valentine’s day with your spouse, friends, kids, or loving yourself. Keep reading for tips that are sure to fill your Valentine’s Day with love.

5 Lessons I Learned My First Year Blogging

Let me start this post by saying thank you to everyone who has rocked with me over the last year!! From the people who’ve been on this journey with me from day one when I had three followers (my mom; sister, Makeda; and friend, Tiffany), to those who just started following me yesterday, to everyone who allowed me to feature them, to the people who encouraged me to keep going, and the team of people who helped me behind the scenes. I cannot say it enough: thank you all for your support!

Holiday Cocktail Style

The holidays are here and amidst the hustle and bustle of the season, it’s a time to relax and unwind in the company of family and friends. In addition to good people, creating a picturesque holiday requires the company of good food and good drinks. My November feature covered the food. So, it’s only right that my feature this month cover holiday cocktails. Keep reading and my December feature, an absolutely fabulous and experienced bartender, will have you mixing a recipe for holiday party success! Be sure to read to the end of the post to get recipes for three holiday cocktails!

Opry Mills

Christmas is just around the corner and luckily (depending on how much progress you’ve made) the plight to find gifts for everyone on your Christmas list is nearing an end. From holiday parties to traveling to see family and friends to bouncing around from one store to the next and scouring the net to find the perfect gift, it’s hard to squeeze everything in, including shopping for the people you love. To help you quickly glide though your shopping list (and because Opry Mills has kindly sponsored this post), I curated a gift guide stocked with items I would give my love, BFF, crew, and all.

Smile Brilliant

I’ve partnered with Smile Brilliant to give away a whitening kit ! And in case you’re wondering about the kit… don’t worry, I tried it myself, and I’m sharing my experience in this post. Be sure to read until the end!

Hotel Accommodations That Inspire

Although there are tons of ways to save money when traveling, trips can still be super expensive. And when looking to cut cost, the caliber of the hotel may be one of the first things to go. Who’s planning to spend that much time at the hotel anyway, right? But before you go off compromising the quality of your hotel accommodations to preserve cost, I’d like to tell you why the quality of your hotel should be one of the last things to cut.

For All the Moms and People Who Love Them

Being a mom is one of the most difficult jobs out there, and it’s a job that NEVER stops. No matter how old you are, you know you can always depend on mom. Whether it’s a biological mom, stepmom, grand-mom, or mother figure, this applies to the mother in your life. In honor of mother’s day, and because it’s often times a thankless job, my sis and I are giving five reasons to celebrate moms.